Federal projects (and most public projects of any kind - state, city, county etc.) already require that prevailing wages be paid - that is the primary point of the Davis Bacon Act - and hence leads to my question...
What is the force of such a law when the President can sign an xord that says they have to use Union Labor anyway, even if the non-union contractor pays DB Wages?
It's not about wages. It's about who can and cannot bid on Federally funded construction projects. No open shops will be allowed to bid. Only union shops will be allowed to bid. It reduces competition and provides an unfair advantage to union shops in those states that have Right-to-Work laws.
This is very big. It will give the unions a spring board to freeze out open shops in Right-to-Work states where the unions have all but withered away due to their non-competitive practices. With the trillion dollar federal spending package on it's way, this will ensure that only union shops get the "stimulus" and all open shops get nothing.
One reason is to force small family businesses out of the workforce.
The prevailing wage law is bad enough, it's cost us a lot of wasted money.
Most government jobs of course have a lot of graft and payoff in them, so honest struggling small business are out of the loop.